Else Michelet | |
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Born |
Trondheim, Norway |
16 February 1942
Nationality | Norwegian |
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
Occupation | Journalist Satirical writer Songwriter |
Employer | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |
Spouse(s) | Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim |
Awards | Fritt Ord Honorary Award |
Else Michelet (born 16 February 1942) is a Norwegian journalist, satirical writer and songwriter.
She was born in Trondheim as a daughter of teacher Frans Oscar Michelet (1906–1984) and housewife Synnøve Kulseng (1905–1981). The family moved to Bærum in 1947, and Michelet graduated from the University of Oslo with a cand.mag. degree. She has worked for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967; in the radio from 1973. She contributed to the entertainment programs Nitimen and Reiseradioen, and worked with the weekly satirical radio show Hallo i uken from 1990. She was its producer from 1993 to 2009.
She has also written several books: Sin egen herre: eventyr og annet ugress (1979), En annen historie (1981) and the novel Ariadnes tråd: et reiseliv (1988). Michelet was awarded the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 2009.
From 1977 to 1979 she was married to Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim.